Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-07
REVENUE REDUCTION.
Shall 1t be Made In nc Tax or Naeessaries
or Injuries?
Chicago Herald

or LuXuries?
Chicago Herald.
What is known IS internal revenue |
yields to the Treasury Of the United States |
some $ll2, 100000, The bulk of this tax
comes from two items, Of which spirits
and malt liquors furnish $50, 600, 600 and |
manufactured tobacco $26,000,000.-
There is no dispute in any quarter tlst the
| government enjoys a larger revenue than 1t
! needs, and after most liberal planning for eX
penditute of The accommodating surplus the pol
ticians are forced o declare that legislation is
necessary to reduce revenue. The declaration
that less tax need be levied ought to be vel
come news 10 the people who pay 1t, but while
there is concurrence OF sentiment upon the
need II re 1uCtOn there is difference or opinion
as to the tax which shall first be repeated.
Massachusetts Republicans nominating
a son of 0akes Ames tor the governor
ship, point to the SIP 200, 900 OF internal
revenue es the place Of attack. Spend
ali you can of the money you have unnec-
essalily taken from the people, and il
there's anything left $50 meet further
question OF q treasury surplus we recon-
! mend such reduction OF internal revenue
| taxation ss the exigencies Of the case
may require" That is the Msssachu-
: sets plan. the Randall plan, the Virginia
Democracy plan, the plan devised for the
maintenance of Il mode OF taXali9n which
Tor the dollar it puts in tile treasury
puts numerous dollars in the pockets
Of class OF individuals who are the
8 sole benefciaries of the protective
j system. 1t is, in L word, the plan to
, make whisky Tree in order that clothing,
1 fuel, lumber, iron, glass, every necessity
q o. existence, maV be kept dear. The
e morality of Massachusetts and the ex-
/ Of
s who, IS E. RUE, are pew-holders, may
: discover g. rnomeat&rY qu2lm in bringing
: the poison OF alcohol within reach of even
d & pauper ii he can command penny, bGt
q better that vice should riot in free rum
II than that q God-fearing manufacturer
It OF woolens should be deprived Of his op
IL portunity of teecing men and women and
children, their fellow creatures, who in G
rigorous climate must go clothed OF
perish.
! The revenue of the government from
=, customs Is Sl8l, 100000. 1t arises from
10 tariff lsid upon more than 41S2 differen
~ articles paying sn average rste Of over A
lG per cent, which, as Mr.. Manning, thel
sr Secretary Of the Treasury, pointed out
g. year ago, is bpt b per cent. less than tn
ne highest rate Of the war period. This II
IN per cent. represents something more thai
10 the tex which the government lays upol
e. the people. Nearly two hundred million
~ were paid under it at the custom houses
or but WhGt unnumbered millions ere pait
~ 10 manufacturers who sre enabled b
ne protective tariff laws to fix prices 0
lt- their products ia the home market?
Ne The New York Democrats, who csnnC
eu be supposed to approach in moral gran
Va 6eur the lofty heights attained by Senate
CAV Hoar and Cakes Ames' son, have consiC
-. cred this subject OF 1aXation and arrive
ID. ST conclusion Altogether different frol
II" that reached in Massachusetts By I'll
u party Of free whisky and more tariff, To
nc New Workers declare:
The unnecessary federal taxation of the la
fiscal year exceeded SlGO eco Unnecessa
II taxation is unjust taxa ion. Therefore Il
OIL democracy of New ork demand that feder
az taxation be st~siaht~ ay reduced by 4 sum L
~, less than 100000 co g year, and also respeC
VIII fully urge upon Congress that q measure shi
md be adopled winch Will, in The language of 4
NV Presidents inaugural address, relieve t
y people from unnecessary taxation, hsving
son regard to the Interests of pital invested a.
ym- workin gmen emp oyet in American indus riE'
een The taxes to be first reduced or altogether 7
~ moved are those on imported raw materia
III - which now assist and promote foreign ComDe
It's ZION with ou- selves in out own markets al
and event and hincer the sale OF our sur r
III taxes should be forthwith RENTED or reduc
DRY the taxation VIII CHI increases the coat to o
is wage earlers OF the common necessa1ies
a life and the price of the common daily CLOTH
OF all our people BESIDES these the
ter are several hunGred articles among the 4
.om Articles now taxed which should be swept
the tax lat into the free list, thereby diminii
ing the cost o. collecting all our seaport taN
100. and casting away those watch are petty, nee
70 less, and SeSatious
avs The tax on whisky and tobacco is ess
ave collected, and falls, obviously, upon ar
rea- Giles not of necessity to humsn eXtstent
erly As luXuries these articles are subjects
the taxation. ASH the case with ali tax
erly consumers of the taxed article pay t
res tribute, and if they would Cease to 2
aim this burden they nave but to stop the l
ties of these articles. But they must We
clothing, they must live in houses, ii
cannot escape the use of some OF the Il
and more articles upon which tariff
wee, laid, and as long as the United Ste
Fo.u levies sn cd valorem duty of 46 per &c
: :. they mus! psy their share of The bare
i 90 tsXad sc the custom house, even thou
{ by ar the cns.arn honss is the messnre of
.ue price st home.
- Is OF the two methods of necessary red
aoIt ton Of revenue which shall be chos
1ous that which takes burden Of, So, 600,
iseu OF whisky, or that which may take !
foni sum from the necessities Of existence?
, in
rred
nner 1t has been ascertained that the no
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